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Elevate PT
Aug 1, 20233 min read
Trog Blog #10: Subjective Evaluation & “The box game”
As promised in Trog Blog #9, subpoint #4: I am going to talk about the subjective examination process. It’s honestly where most of the...
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![Trog Blog #9: A Mexican Standoff–Subjective vs. Objective vs. Patient Reported Outcomes](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad3d54_fd486107250244da9f96a88b43408c41~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/ad3d54_fd486107250244da9f96a88b43408c41~mv2.webp)
Elevate PT
Jul 18, 20232 min read
Trog Blog #9: A Mexican Standoff–Subjective vs. Objective vs. Patient Reported Outcomes
“When you don’t know what exactly is going on, look for discrepancies and start treating there”. I said that a lot in May. I’ll offer a...
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![Trog Blog #8: Communication Breakdown](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad3d54_aabea0ec12d04854828ae4f9aec84c12~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/ad3d54_aabea0ec12d04854828ae4f9aec84c12~mv2.webp)
Elevate PT
Jul 10, 20232 min read
Trog Blog #8: Communication Breakdown
Communication breakdown It's always the same I'm having a nervous breakdown Drive me insane (sick solo from Jimmy Page) -Led Zeppelin So...
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Elevate PT
Jul 5, 20232 min read
Trog Blog #7: The beautiful “I don’t know”
This concept ties in well with Trog Blog #6. It’s effectively admitting to your patient that you don’t know what is going on. What on...
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![Trog Blog #6: A diagnosis of exclusion–a double edged sword](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad3d54_ca71669a4aac486fbd7d6d2e3afcfd28~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/ad3d54_ca71669a4aac486fbd7d6d2e3afcfd28~mv2.webp)
Elevate PT
Jun 29, 20233 min read
Trog Blog #6: A diagnosis of exclusion–a double edged sword
If you have been reading, or listening, to any recent research in PT then you know that things are changing. Maybe ACLs can heal without...
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Elevate PT
Jun 27, 20232 min read
Trog Blog #5: Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
No, that’s not a Freudian slip. It’s just a Freud reference because I am going to use a psychology term in a second. This clinical pearl...
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Elevate PT
Jun 22, 20232 min read
Trog Blog #4: “it doesn’t matter until it does”
Yet another strange idiom from one of the owners of Elevate PT (can you guess which one?). We can cut straight to the point on this...
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![Trog Blog #3: Violating Expectancy & Bayesian Statistics](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad3d54_073765f112a14c12b334becc58345498~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/ad3d54_073765f112a14c12b334becc58345498~mv2.webp)
Elevate PT
Jun 20, 20233 min read
Trog Blog #3: Violating Expectancy & Bayesian Statistics
Okay, I can’t take credit for this one entirely. Actually at all. I got into the Bayesian thing from The Shoulder Physio’s Instagram. But...
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![Trog Blog #2: We hold these truths to be self-evident: human movement is emergent & redundant](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad3d54_da122cff66ed4ed4b623503e8d8cc43b~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_310,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/ad3d54_da122cff66ed4ed4b623503e8d8cc43b~mv2.webp)
Elevate PT
Jun 16, 20233 min read
Trog Blog #2: We hold these truths to be self-evident: human movement is emergent & redundant
Okay, it will be hard for me to resist going on a large tangent (see my other blog post from last year titled “A Movement Manifesto”)....
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![Trog Blog #1: Seek Ye First the Scientific Method](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad3d54_354014f3d4184b7b8f46b275f8e6a1c3~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/ad3d54_354014f3d4184b7b8f46b275f8e6a1c3~mv2.webp)
Elevate PT
Jun 13, 20232 min read
Trog Blog #1: Seek Ye First the Scientific Method
The principles of the scientific method, as taken directly from Wikipedia: It involves careful observation, applying rigorous skepticism...
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Elevate PT
Jun 13, 20231 min read
Introducing: The Trog Blog Series
The owners of Elevate recently had the pleasure of supervising first-year PT students for the month of May. They are an enthusiastic,...
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![A novice’s guide to: Fatalism, Utilitarianism, Relativism, and Evidence in clinical practice*](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad3d54_28a409c8fd3343c8bcd30f9226292bde~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/ad3d54_28a409c8fd3343c8bcd30f9226292bde~mv2.webp)
Elevate PT
Aug 10, 202210 min read
A novice’s guide to: Fatalism, Utilitarianism, Relativism, and Evidence in clinical practice*
*this is NOT a political post, despite possible references to political issues. This is a philosophical post. I am also not a...
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Elevate PT
Apr 28, 20229 min read
Blog Post #1: A Movement Manifesto
Welcome to the PT Nihilism blog...just kidding. I am being melodramatic. It is probably more accurate to say "welcome to an...
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Elevate PT
Apr 14, 20221 min read
Welcome to the Elevate Blog!
We have finally succumbed...to blogging. The owners at Elevate have been reconsidering the purpose of our digital platform. We have...
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